“THE CHANGING FACE OF THE DESERT” DISCOVERY ‘70 DATE FARMING IN COACHELLA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA XD30942

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1970 color installment of the educational “Discovery“ program for young people focuses on the operations of a farm growing various types of dates on a grove of date palms located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California (TRT: 22:28). A grove of date palm trees reflected in a pool of water. Title overlay: “The Changing Face of the Desert” (0:08). Animated “Discovery ‘70” opening (0:36). Hosts Virginia Gibson and Bill Owen introduce themselves from the Coachella Valley in Southern California. A pile of rocks sit at the foot of a mountain in the background. Owen holds out a handful of seashells from the Colorado Desert (1:10). Various views of the grove or “garden” of date palms (1:50). Members of the Tellas Codicas family of date growers: A father, mother, and three girls with a family dog tour their farm (2:25). Mr. Codicas opens an irrigation valve, wate